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Create an Oasis by LittleMonk, meredithian, Gremlin, Mr. O., Ayma Mack

June 30th, 2008 7:06 AM

INSTRUCTIONS: Create a pleasant or peaceful area in the midst of a difficult, troubled, or hectic place or situation.

OR

Create a fertile, water-yielding region in a desert.


In either case, your oasis must be physical, not metaphorical.

The Mission: To create a pleasant, peaceful, and fun area within a mid-demolition warehouse.

The Target: This (not-quite) building in a “nearby” Chicago suburb

The Agents:

Little Monk: The initial brains, the wheels, and the before/after spy

Gremlin: The super-secret-ninja and day-of scout

Meredithian: The lookout and harbinger of palm

Mr. G: The muscle, the lungs, and the sunburn victim

Ayma Mack: The pump, the wheels, and the harbinger of sand

The Rendezvous: At 2200 hours, the agents assembled in the parking lot of a nearby Dominick's to plan logistics, cover tactics, compare weapons, and use the free restrooms

This is an old furniture warehouse that is currently being demolished. When Little Monk saw this, she knew something was missing from the construction crew's equipment: a suitable oasis for relaxing after a hard day of tearin' shit down. Team FØEcakes was on the job!
the target

These kids are clearly up to no good, plotting in the Dominick's parking lot. Don't be fooled by their joyous laughing. They are highly trained infiltration specialists. Note: Ayma Mack is such a professional, he doesn't even need shoes.
mapping mischievities

The Plan:

Park in an empty parking lot near the location.
Gather the goods.
Head to the area of chain link fence that is beside a wooden fence, for cover.
Scale the fence.
Cross the lot.
Enter the building.
Create an oasis.
Come Back Alive (and not in handcuffs).


The Actuality:

Coconut head and tiny shorts: check

Meridithian has Mo by the head, Ayma Mack wonders how to squeeze into last seasons suit.


Stealing sand was easier than anticipated. In fact, Meredithian and Mr. G. collected about 50 pounds of sand. Now that's dedication! Sadly, the majority of this sand was left in the car as it was deemed impossible to get it over the 6 foot fence in one trip.
Hunting sand turned out to be easier than anticipated.


This is where we made our entrance, but under the cover of dark. Luckily, the lights around the building weren't on.



It's a good thing we were wearing black so no one could see us...




Scoping out a good spot to set up took a little time. There were massive scrap piles all over and the roof was caving in. Finally we decided on a relatively secluded area with little debris on the ground. Meredithian, Little Monk and Ayma Mack were pulling up the rear when they all saw a strange orange light flicker on across the building. They froze like deer in headlights and kept their eyes trained on the spot, listening for any sign of human or computer activity. Eventually their nerves calmed down enough to proceed and upon further inspection, they realized the orange light was in fact just brake lights from a car driving by, shining through a hole in the wall. Paranoia was high. For the first few minutes, every tap of water dropping on metal made our heads turn. Every creaking of ceiling support beams swaying in the breeze made us look up. Once we set about our task at hand and got into the spirit of the Oasis, we all started to relax. Perhaps too much?


Gremlinophant leaves a muscle relaxing 6-pack.



We thought we lost Ayma Mack's air pump so we set about the never ending task of blowing up the inflatables by mouth. Finally someone was able to locate it and the job became much more manageable.
Once the mission was successfully completed, it was obviously time to revel in a job well done…

Weee!!!


It wouldn't be a day at the beach without burying someone in the sand



Thriller Nights!



Exhausted after a long night of relaxing:

Mission Accomplished:


This is how we left the Oasis for the construction workers to enjoy!



We spent somewhere around 2 hours in the warehouse with not one problem. Ok, the uninflatable inflatable palm tree was slightly problematic. No one saw us, no one confronted us, no one called the cops. How disappointing. We were all prepared to spend the night in jail and yet met no resistance. Plus 1 for FØEcakes, Minus 1 for the suburban police force.

The Next Day:



Little Monk did some recon on her lunch break, sneaking in through the truck entrance and making her way around the other side of the building until she found an open door to peak through for evidence that the oasis survived the night. After a quick snapshot, it was obvious the oasis had been well used by the construction workers, if not a little abused...


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Very large half-a-building, from the outside.
Clearly in need of an oasis. (And a roof!)
The target - closer
Our "Entrance"
Collecting supplies
The sand was key.
Checking out the sand
Rubber Duckies
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High Security Fence
Sneaking to the site.
Sneaking
beverages
Cooler
Distributing the sand
Good thing we're not smokers...
Ayma Mack matches the palm tree
Teamwork
Dual pump action!
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Playing in the sand
Duck seed!
Flower Power
Finally!
After a long, hard night
A Mirage?
Weee!
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That's gotta hurt
Oh dear...
Beach Volleyball
Such a nice Oasis
The midnight hour is close at hand
Look Out!
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The final scene-dark
The Final Scene
Piles of chaos
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...1...
...2...
...3!!!
Victory!
Follow Up
this is not the right oasis...

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18 comment(s)

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posted by Sam on June 30th, 2008 7:12 AM

Aww man!

That's immense!

Bravo!

What better place for an inflatable palm tree
posted by susy derkins on June 30th, 2008 7:56 AM

Did you leave some beer in the cooler?

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posted by meredithian on June 30th, 2008 8:03 AM

heh. we left all the beer in the cooler. we brought it for them, not for us.

breaking and entering takes sobriety! (or perhaps a level of drunkeness to the point of not caring that would have interfered with the tasking at hand.)

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posted by Minch on June 30th, 2008 10:25 AM

"good thing we were wearing black so no one could see us"

right.

you kids are awesome!

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posted by Julian Muffinbot on June 30th, 2008 3:17 PM

that was also my favorite picture!

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posted by Rainy on June 30th, 2008 1:47 PM

Fantabulousity.

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posted by Bjørn Teuleuse on June 30th, 2008 3:02 PM

This is the dedication that needs to permeate other players tasking strategies... very nice

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posted by Julian Muffinbot on June 30th, 2008 3:30 PM

oh man! i wish i was a fly on the wall when the construction workers first discovered their oasis.

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posted by LittleMonk on June 30th, 2008 3:36 PM

I seriously contemplated rigging up a hidden camera to see it, but it was just too complicated.

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posted by Julian Muffinbot on June 30th, 2008 3:32 PM

p.s. to anyone who hasn't, be sure to look at all the photos in the photo section for some very special bonus pictures ("dual pump action") not included in the main writeup!

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posted by Dax Tran-Caffee on June 30th, 2008 3:58 PM

Excellentness!

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posted by Amby D on June 30th, 2008 4:38 PM

i am so impressed!!

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posted by Dela Dejavoo on June 30th, 2008 8:52 PM

little monk, my fondness of your outfit knows no bounds.

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posted by LittleMonk on July 2nd, 2008 1:09 PM

Why, thank you! I left the flower bra for the construction workers, though I'm not sure they'll know what to do with it. If it weren't for Gremlin's help, I probably would have never figured out how to put the damn thing on!

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posted by rongo rongo on July 3rd, 2008 2:45 PM

I like that you used the oasis rather than just setting it up and leaving.

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posted by GYØ Ben on July 4th, 2008 2:43 AM

You just like getting naked in your praxes. Top notch work here, CGØ, you never fail to impress.

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posted by Sparrows Fall on July 9th, 2008 12:41 PM

Mostly naked volleyball in the middle of a construction site at midnight.

So full of win.

omg
posted by Art Catrambone on June 2nd, 2011 4:52 AM

....so........intense....can't.........................hand..le....